Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Ronan Mullin and Bush
According to Ronan Mullin, George W Bush is a clean-living, born again Christian who opposes abortion. Opponents of Mr. Bush like Howard Dean and General Wesley Clarke are loons and weirdoes. Al Gore is a pathetic whining figure who slobbers over his wife and wears too much make-up. All this invective comes from a journalist…
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Another E-Voting Mess in the Making
This story keeps going, Dan has the coverage, and he is rightly going nuts. This is crazy stuff, and I thought Diebold were bad…
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Will the French Indict Cheney?
I hadn’t heard of this story in the Nation before now, it also made the front page of La Figaro earlier. Apparently Cheney and Halliburton might have been involved in some very dodgy dealings in Nigeria…
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Nasa rover breaks down on Mars
D’oh! Spirit has broken down, and it ain’t looking good.
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China courted by U.S. to avert new space race
In the first of three articles, from the IHT and New York Times, Jim Yardley and William J. Broad look at space industries in China, Brazil and India, and the future of humans in space. When President George W. Bush outlined last week his ambitious vision for a new era of space exploration, one country…
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Eminem's Ex Won't Be Going To Jail
Kimberly Mathers Reaches Plea Deal
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No taxation without representation
“Sit there in the corner, keep your mouths shut and do what you’re told.” This in a nutshell is how the Town Manager of Cobh Local Authority, Mary O’Halloran, dealt with our so-called public representatives at the annual estimates meeting of Cobh Council. Ms. O’Halloran was delivering a diktat from Central Government that Service Charges…
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French Fume Over Proposed Ban on Beards
France’s fight to keep religion out of schools has entered new and some say absurd territory. Teachers and some religious leaders fumed Wednesday over a government minister’s call to ban beards and bandannas from classrooms along with Islamic head scarves, Jewish skullcaps and Christian crosses.
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Eminem fires back at The Source
The controversial issue of The Source purporting Eminem to be a racist hit newsstands last week, so it’s no surprise that the rapper has already fired back at the magazine.
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Jerry Mathers vs Marshall Mathers
Who would believe that Eminem could be sued simply for using the name Mathers on his records? A few years ago, former child actor Jerry Mathers who played in Leave It To Beaver from 1957 to 1963 intented to file a lawsuit against the famous rapper. Somebody of Jerry Mathers entourage, probably an attorney, said:
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